Senior PQC Cryptographer – High-Assurance Systems (Remote)

Vibrint; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Discretionary bonus program

401(k) plan with company contribution

11 paid federal holidays

160 hours of paid time off

Medical, dental, vision, life and disa

Professional development allowance

Job summary

Vibrint is expanding its cryptographic audit and engineering practice to support federal and critical-infrastructure customers migrating to quantum-resilient architectures. We seek a Senior Cryptographer with deep experience in modern cryptographic design, PQC evaluation, and secure-system implementation.

The ideal candidate has supported national-security cryptographic programs and is willing to travel CONUS.

Qualifications

• Expertise in lattice-, code-, and hash-based cryptography.
• Experience evaluating cryptographic algorithms and implementations.
• Familiarity with hardware crypto modules and secure key management.

Responsibilities

• Conduct cryptographic audits for PQC compliance and national security.
• Evaluate Kyber, Dilithium, SPHINCS+ implementations.
• Assess hardware crypto modules (HSM/FPGA) for secure deployment.
• Develop migration roadmaps for federal clients and review architectures.
• Engage with standards bodies and contribute to white papers and risk assessments.

Skills

Lattice-based crypto

Code-based crypto

Hash-based crypto

Hardware crypto knowledge

Tools

HSM

FPGA

chip-level key management

Job description

Vibrint is expanding its cryptographic audit and engineering practice to support federal and critical-infrastructure customers migrating to quantum-resilient architectures. We seek a Senior Cryptographer with deep experience in modern cryptographic design, PQC evaluation, and secure-system implementation.

The ideal candidate has supported national-security cryptographic programs and is willing to travel CONUS.